Nonstop flight route between Washington, D.C. / Virginia, United States and Mosteiros, Cape Verde:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), Washington, D.C. / Virginia, United States and Mosteiros Airport (MTI), Mosteiros, Cape Verde would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,601 miles (or 5,796 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Washington Dulles International Airport and Mosteiros Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Washington Dulles International Airport and Mosteiros Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD):

• The furthest airport from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,659 miles (18,763 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) is Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NNW of IAD.
• A new and permanent C/D concourse is planned as part of the D2 Dulles Development Project.
• Conceived in early planning sessions in 1959, Dulles is one of the few remaining airports to use the mobile lounge for boarding and disembarkation from aircraft, and to transfer passengers between the midfield concourses and to and from the main terminal building.
• In September 2009, a 121,700 square feet central Transportation Security Administration checkpoint was added on a new security mezzanine level of the main terminal.
• Because of Washington Dulles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 313 feet, planes can take off or land at Washington Dulles International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The design included a landscaped man-made lake to collect rainwater, a low-rise hotel, and a row of office buildings along the north side of the main parking lot.
• Washington Dulles International Airport is a public airport in Dulles, Virginia, 26 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C.
• Under the development plan, future phases would see the addition of several new midfield concourses and a new south terminal.
• By the 1980s, the original design, which had mobile lounges meet each plane, was no longer well-suited to Dulles' role as a hub airport.
• Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) has 5 runways.
• United Airlines maintains one of two East Coast hubs at Dulles which handled 56.7% of scheduled air carrier passengers at the airport.JetBlue handled 6.8% of scheduled air carrier passengers.

Facts about Mosteiros Airport (MTI):

• Mosteiros Airport (MTI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mosteiros Airport (MTI) is Misima Airport (MIS), which is nearly antipodal to Mosteiros Airport (meaning Mosteiros Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Misima Airport), and is located 12,081 miles (19,442 kilometers) away in Misima Island, Papua New Guinea.
• Because of Mosteiros Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Mosteiros Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• In addition to being known as "Mosteiros Airport", another name for MTI is "Mosteiros Airport (Mosteiros)".
• The closest airport to Mosteiros Airport (MTI) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located only 15 miles (23 kilometers) SW of MTI.